Test Drove a CTS-V

[dykz34]

Collin, just watch axle hop on those launches. Some forum the guys were already in the dealership for replacing axles. Both C&D and Motor Trend mentioned axle hop on launch hinder accleration times. The thing over heats the motor oil on the roadcourse too.

Thank God for warranties!!!

[v6h.o.]

Yea I love it too. XLR is better though

Yeah but the XLR is 50 HP LESS, and its only a automatic, and it costs close to 30-40 K (canadian $) more!

i'd rather have the CTS-V than the XLR... we've got both a XLR and the CTS-V in the showroom right now.

[geoffinbc]

Yea hopefull Caddical makes that V12 and puts it in the XLR and the Escalade

[Lyle's GTP]

I'd go for a 1995 ZR-1. I love that 5.7 DOHC, it's bad ass!

Lyle

[achievasc92]

I love the new CTS styling, First car I would buy if I won the big lottery. I always thought the Catera was ugly, especially with that wierd reflective purple tint they put on the front windshield.

[RidgeRunner]

I'd go for a 1995 ZR-1. I love that 5.7 DOHC, it's bad ass!

Lyle

Mmm... I love those cars!
Maybe one of these days I'll have a ZR-1 AND a Z06.

[Lyle's GTP]

They are still super expensive too. Even the old ZR-1's, here's one on Ebay.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=2472058593

Lyle

[Sorin]

Yeah, talk about lack of depreciation. I think it might actually be appreciating. Gotta love the ZR-1. DOHC 350 developed by Lotus

[Cliff8928]

A ZR-1 was more than a new C5 when it was new... (maybe even more than a Z06)


Cliff Scott
89 BerettaGT
89 Volvo740

[RidgeRunner]

Yeah, I think that if you want a car to put away as an investment, a ZR-1 would be a wise choice.

But I'm not a "car investor", even if I had the money... I'd have to drive it like it was meant to be driven.

[Zboy]

ZR-1 = Coolest vette ever made!! DOHC V-8s are just too sweet, too bad they were limited production. If I remeber right they sold new for $65,000 - 70,000.

[93LuminaZ34va]

Yeah... ZR-1's were retailing close to 70k!!! The CTS-V is bad ass..... I'd almost buy one of them before the Z06..... ALMOST..... I think I remembered somewhere that Johnson Marine also helped GM on that with Lotus on the design/manufacture of the LT-5 DOHC 5.7....... Maybe from the first Need for Speed PC game?? They only had like 7 cars, but had full featured showrooms and history on the cars they had then.

[geoffinbc]

NFS1 rocked man. Played that all day on the old Pentium 100mhz with 8mb of ram (later upgraded to 24)

That game also had sweet ass courses.
The LT5 was a killer motor. More cool factor than the LS engines of today.

[RidgeRunner]

I have NFS1, my old laptop still runs it. I think it was Mercury Marine. Johnson/Evinrude/Bombardier wasn't the one, I'm sure.

I wish I could get NFS1 to work on XP!

[93LuminaZ34va]

You're right, it was mercury marine. I remember now.... it was the same as my uncle's boat (Mercury 220hp on like a 21ft boat.... )